This Yangtze River Delta cross -sea high -speed rail can be approved by the National Development and Reform Commission!Construction of the year

Zhejiang News Client reporter Wang Kaiyi

A cross -sea channel that has attracted much attention from the Yangtze River Delta region has recently come to good news -the Tongsujiayan Railway is officially approved by the National Development and Reform Commission.

The Tongsujiayan Railway across Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, it is a north -south railway, the north of Nantong City, Nantong City, and the front line of Yantong Railway. After crossing the Yangtze River to the south Bridge), after passing Suzhou and Jiaxing City, crossing Hangzhou Bay into Ningbo City. According to the current plan, there are 10 stations including Nantong West, Zhangjiagang, Changshu West, Suzhou North, Suzhou South, Jiashan North, Jiaxing South, Haiyan, Cixi, and Zhuangqiao. According to the local transportation department of Suzhou, the railway is planned to start construction during the year.

The Tongsujiayan Railway is an important part of the coastal railway passenger channel of the main skeleton of the national high -speed railway network. It is the backbone line of the Yangtze River Delta intercity railway network. Short board, realize the rapid passenger transportation of north and south wings in the Yangtze River Delta. The main line operation length is 310.113 kilometers, of which the new line is 300.638 kilometers, the design speed is 350 kilometers per hour, and the entire line is estimated to invest 108.09 billion yuan. Among them, the new line of the Zhejiang section line is 165.914km, of which the cross -sea bridge is 29.162 km long.

As far as Ningbo is concerned, the construction of this cross-sea channel will shorten the time and space in the eastern Zhejiang region of Ningbo Metropolitan Circle and Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Nantong and other places by 1-2 hours. Comprehensive transportation networks, accelerate the formation of the national coastal railway passenger channel, implement the national strategy of integrated the Yangtze River Delta, and is of great significance for achieving complementary and comprehensive coordinated development of regional resources.

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